2018 in Singapore
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Events in the year 2018 in Singapore.
Incumbents
Events
March
- 26 March - Uber declared to withdraw from Southeast Asia to end a war of attrition with a fierce local rival and has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian operations to Grab. Under the agreement, Grab will acquire all of Uber's operations in a region of 620 million people, including food delivery service UberEats.[1]
May
- 9 May - The Jurong Region Line is officially unveiled at Canberra MRT Station, a fully elevated line running for 24km with 24 stations. It will be completed in stages from 2026 to 2028, which will serve areas like Tengah, NTU, Boon Lay, Jurong, Jurong Pier, and Pandan Reservoir.[2]
June
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- June 12 – Singapore hosted the first summit meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea.[3]
- June 25 - oBike ceases operations in Singapore. 2 more shared bike operators follow suit after introduction of strict rules. [4]
- June 28 - Singapore's 3rd desalination plant; the Tuas Desalination Plant opens. It is the first to be operated wholly by PUB[5]
July
- 04 July - Personal particulars of some 1.5 million SingHealth patients were illegally accessed and copied in one of the largest cyber-attack to occur in Singapore. Also, outpatient medication data of some 160,000 patients was compromised, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who was specifically targeted by hackers. The data breach was confirmed on 10 July and announced by the Ministry of Health on 20 July.[6]
December
- 31 December - Analog television will cease operation as Singapore completes its digital switchover.
Deaths
- 4 February – Majid Ariff, footballer (b. 1937).[8]
- 22 March – Morgan Chua, political cartoonist (b. 1949).[9]
- 3 June – Jek Yeun Thong, politician (b. 1930).[10]
References
- ^ "Uber sells South East Asia business to Grab". BBC News. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "Jurong Region Line, Singapore's 7th MRT line, to open in three phases from 2026". The Straits Times. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "PM Lee congratulates Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un on successful conclusion of summit". Channel NewsAsia. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "oBike stops operations in Singapore, cites difficulties meeting new LTA regulations". Channel NewsAsia. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Singapore opens third desalination plant in Tuas". The Straits Times. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/20/asia/singapore-hack-intl/index.html
- ^ "Deadline for end of analogue TV broadcast extended to end-2018: IMDA". Channel NewsAsia. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Football: Fandi Ahmad leads tributes for local football legend Majid Ariff". straitstimes.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Veteran political cartoonist Morgan Chua dies at 68
- ^ "Old Guard minister Jek Yeun Thong dies at 88; 'a deep loss to the nation', says PM Leewebsite = todayonline.com". Retrieved 14 June 2018.